Can an Outspoken Chinese Tennis Player Beat an Outspoken American Tennis Player at the US Open?
Li Na of China serves to Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York August 28, 2013. REUTERS/Adam Hunger (UNITED STATES – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) – RTX12Z1Y
The world’s 5th seeded women’s tennis player, China’s Li Na, will be playing Serena Williams at the Semi-finals of the US Open.
Both are out-spoken athletes. Both have incredible tennis games. Both are some of the richest female athletes in the world.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Phoebe Lee from the Chinese American Tennis Society of New York.
She, and other Chinese-Americans, are cheering for Li Na to go all the way.
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